Auxiliary typewriter bed



April 11,1944. H PAGE 2,346,271

AUXILIARY TYPEWRITER BED Fild June 11, 1941 Patented Apr. 11, 1944 new AUXILIARY TYPEWRITER BED John H. Page, Muskegon, Mich, assigncr to The Shaw-Walker Company, Muskegon, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application June 11, 1941, Serial No. 397,627

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improvement in typewriter beds to be attached to platforms of typewriter desks and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The improved typewriter bed is designed primarily for, and has especial advantage for use with, typewriter desks having hinged platforms. It has been found that the number of holes required in a typewriter platform to accommodate the many makes and models of typewriters is so great and their positions so varied that the platform becomes more like a sieve than a platform. Drilling holes in steel platforms in the field is not practicable because metal drills are not available to the average desk user. In addition, the correct positions of the holes are not easily obtained by an inexperienced person.

The object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary typewriter bed to which the typewriter may be directly secured and which in turn may be readily attached to or removed from the platform of a typewriter desk as a unit, with the typewriter in the required position on said platform,

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the auxiliary typewriter bed as it appears when looked at from above.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same when looked at from below.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a clamping member to be used in securing the typewriter bed to the typewriter platform of a desk.

Figures 4 and 5 are vertical longitudinal sections through the auxiliary typewriter bed showing successive steps in attaching the auxiliary typewriter bed to the typewriter which is shown in dotted lines.

Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal section through the auxiliary typewriter bed and the typewriter platform of a desk to which it is attached.

Figure '7 is a front elevation on a smaller scale of the parts shown in Figure 6.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing: Ill indicates the auxiliary typewriter bed, As shown, and preferably, it is a rectangular wood board of sufficient horizontal dimensions to receive the base of the typewriter. It is equipped at its corners on its bottom face with sponge rubber pads ll secured thereto in any convenient manner. Said padsprovide the required resiliency for the type.- writer mounting.

l2 indicates a channel bar fixed to the bottom side of the auxiliary bed along its rear edge Hi as shown inFigures 4 and 5. The web of said channel bar is in the plane of said edge, and its top flange 42 is secured to the bottom side of said bed by screws, as shown. I 3 indicates a clamp removably secured to the front edge of the auxiliary bed l0 and disposed midway between the lateral edges of said bed. It is in the form of a channel bar w with an upright flange l3 spaced back from the web of the channel (see Figure 3) and attached to the front edge of the auxiliary bed by means of a screw I3 Preferably, a reinforcing channel lllis secured to the bed Ill with its web engaged against the front edge of said bed. Said web is provided with a threaded hole to receive the screw l3--the two parts, the clamp I3 and the channel bar lll being shown in assembled relation in Figure 2.

l5 indicates the typewriter shelf or platform of a desk It (see Figures 6 and 7) to which the typewriter is designed to be attached.

The typewriter and auxiliary bed are applied to the typewriter platform l5 as follows: First, the usual typewriter screws Id M are screwed into the associated holes in the base of the typewriter M shown in dotted lines a sufficient part of their length to leave the screws projecting below the typewriter feet I l I4 as shown in Figure 4. The typewriter is then centered on the auxiliary bed It, with the heads of the screws M I l supporting it above the auxiliary bed H], The back of the typewriter should not project more than about an inch over the rear edge lfl of the auxiliary bed, and the rear edge of the typewriter should be over the channel I2. The locations of the centers of the heads of the screws I4 M are then marked on the auxiliary bed, after which the typewriter is removed and holes are drilled in the auxiliary bed at those locations.

The typewriter is then attached to the auxiliary bed by means of the typewriter screws [4 M which are inserted from below through the auxiliary bed as shown in Figure 5washers li being preferably provided between the heads of the screws M and the bottom face of the auxiliary bed. The typewriter and auxiliary bed are now ready for application to the typewriter platform I5 of the desk (see Figures 6 and 7). This is done by placing the auxiliary bed Ill on the typewriter platform I 5 with the channel l2 thereof hooked over its one lateral edge I5 The typewriter and auxiliary bed are then adjusted longitudinally of the typewriter platform l5 so that when the carriage of the typewriter is centered no part of the typewriter projects beyond the end l5 of the typewriter platform or over the edge Hi of the desk IS.

The front edge of the auxiliary bed H is then tightly clamped to the typewriter platform by the clamp l3 and the screw |3 by which said clamp is secured to the forward edge of the auxiliary bed. The typewriter platform shown, and preferably, is made of rigid sheet steel (see Figure 6), its edges l5 being formed by channel-like structures which also define the depth of said edges over which the channel I2 is to be hooked on the one hand, and the clamp I3 is to be engaged on the other hand.

The advantages of the invention will be obvious to those familiar with the art. The auxiliary bed is readily attached to the typewriter in the first place. And when it is necessary to remove the typewriter from the platform of the desk to service it, the typewriter and auxiliary bed may be removed as a unit after the screw l3 has been withdrawn. Again, th typewriter with the bed may be returned to and clamped in position on the typewriter platform as readily and quickly as in the case when it is first applied thereto.

Another advantage is that the yielding sponge rubber pads which provide the required resiliency to the typewriter mounting are not compacted by being bolted down upon the typewriter platform and the auxiliary bed acts as a cushion between the rigid typewriter platform and the typewriter.

While in describing the invention I have referred to several details of construction and of arrangement as embodying its preferred form, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto except as may be pointed out in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A base for securing a typewriting machine to a shelf-like support comprising a substantially fiat-topped member adapted to have a typewriting machine secured thereto, said member having a depending flange along one edge thereof, a depending, adjustable clamp disposed at an opposite edge of said member, said flange and clamp adapted to engage opposite edges of said shelf-like support and means for securing said clamp in adjusted position to firmly hold the member upon said shelf-like support.

JOHN H. PAGE. 

